Brassiere



APPLICATION FILED DEC' 6, |920.

M. DRESBACH. BRASSIRE.

Patented July 26, 1921.

UNITED STA v:MARY DRE-SBACH, OF NEWA HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BRAssIRE.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARY DREsEAcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New I-Iaven, in the county of New 'Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and'useful Improvement in Brassires; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure l, a plan view of a brassire constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, a broken view of 'one end illustrating a modified form of my invention.

This invention relates to an improvement in brassires. In the more general constructions of brassires they encircle the body and furthermore are usually provided with shoulder straps, both features of which restrict to some extent the movements of the wearer. y

The object of this invention` is to provide a brassire which is attached to the corset Application filed December 6, 1920. Serial No. 428,507.

at each side and near the upper edge and a.l

brassire which includes triangular frames a which give the desired conformation and which are connected at the center by a spring so as to provide for the free movement of the wearer and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I- form the brassire from suitable material and properly gored to give the` desired form. Preferably and as shown the brassire is divided at the center forming an opening in the upper edge for the insertionof an elastic section', 3. Connected vwith the top at each side of the center are triangular frames e formed from spring metal and inclosed by strips of fabric 5v preferably corresponding to the material from which the main portion 6 of the brassire is formed. The inner ends of these frames are connected by a coil spring 7 and the outer ends are provided with hoolrs 8 or othersuitable fastening devices whereby the ends may be connected with the side sections of an ordinaryV corset and the brassire is provided at its` lower edge Specification of Letters Patent. l c Patented July 26, 1921. I

with a series of eyes 9 or otherK4 means by which the brassire may be fastened to the front of the corset. The metal frames 4 give the desired support and conformation and the spring connecting theframes permits the free movement of the wearer. Instead of arrangingV the metal Aframes with the po-ints extending downward as in Fig. l

in the drawings, the frames may be reversed v as indicated by Fig. 2 in which case'the points of the angles will extendv up beneath the arms, a desirable feature when worn with certain types of'garments.

I claim:

l.. A brassire provided at opposite sides with means for attachment to the sides of the corset combined with triangular metal frames arranged at each side of the center the yinner ends of the frames connected by a coil spring. l,

2. A. brassire provided at the center of its upper edge` with an elastic section kcombined with .triangular metal frames connected with the upper edge of the brassire, said frames provided Yat their outer edges with means whereby they are connected to the corset, the inner ends of the frames connected by a coil spring.

3. A brassire pro-vided at the center kof its upper edge with van elastic section Vvconibined with triangular metal frames connected with the upper edge of the brassire, said frames provided at their outer edges with means whereby ythey are connected to the corset, the inner ends of the frames connected by a coil spring and' means for connecting the low-er edges of the device with the upper portion of the corset.

In testimony whereof,l I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib-l MARY nmEsBAoi-i.l 'l

ing witnesses.

Witnesses:

VFREDERIC C. EARLE, M. P. NICHOLS. 

